Anyone have any experience with the truck vaults or some other kind of in vehicle safe? I am looking for something more secure for SUV transport. The Truck Vault brand is MDF and expensive. I figured for that price I can make one myself and shroud it in metal.

Just want something secure for the back of an SUV that would hold a couple of rifles/handguns so there is no question whether they are "locked up". The weatherguard packrats would be perfect if they were aluminum...They are ridiculously heavy.

Everyone who sees it is blown away by it. Unless the rear hatch is open and the drawers are open, you would NEVER know that it is even there.

We once got stopped by a local PD for [caugh, caugh] speeding [caugh] and the cop asked about our crazy clothes. One thing led to anther, and pretty soon we were showing the officer the vault and the toys. He was extatic and wanted to get one of his own. I think that he forgot what he even stopped us for as he waived and said, "have a nice day. Good luck! Thanks for showing me the Truck Vault and those cowboy guns!"

IK, The truck vault looks like the best box out there. I built plywood coffins an sheet metal boxes. They did the job ok, but the TV looks just right. As for the money thing...What is it worth to keep your guns out of the hands of the scummbag theives?

I made my own from steel. i made it big enough to hold 3 rifles and a couple of pistols and ammo. Foam lined etc. Im gonna have to make another one cause the truck it was in got stolen. No guns were inside. My buddy tried to break in to it once cause i bet him he wasnt able to. It took him 25 minutes before he gave up. And he really tried to bust it open. That was on the concept version. I jsut wanted to see if it could be busted open so I made a mini version of what I wanted bolted it to the garage floor and let him go to town.
We were able to open it after we torched the area around the lock.
Rob

I made my own from steel. i made it big enough to hold 3 rifles and a couple of pistols and ammo. Foam lined etc. Im gonna have to make another one cause the truck it was in got stolen. No guns were inside. My buddy tried to break in to it once cause i bet him he wasnt able to. It took him 25 minutes before he gave up. And he really tried to bust it open. That was on the concept version. I jsut wanted to see if it could be busted open so I made a mini version of what I wanted bolted it to the garage floor and let him go to town.
We were able to open it after we torched the area around the lock.
Rob

any chance you got any pics of that before it got ripped??

i was actually just recently contemplating fabbing up something myself to fit in the club cab space in my truck. nobody ever sits back there and i would love to be able to have a nice locking box back there to hold a few rifles, pistols and ammunition.

was thinking about 1"x1" tubular steel with sheet metal on the outside, with a padlock system similair to what you see on a RIGID job box. do up the inside nicely with some upholestery and make sure everything stays in place.